Webinar: Good Leadership, Great Government – Ideas & Strategies for Federal Leaders

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. In order for agencies to ensure progress and reach evolving mission goals, professional development among leadership is imperative. The benefits of sustained leadership development are numerous, including improved job performance, increased employee engagement and enhanced workforce skills, to name a few. The Department of the Treasuryā€™s Office of the Comptroller of Currencyā€™s innovative Continuous … Read More

Webinar: Don’t Get Left Behind

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. Click here to download the Sample Development Plan handout. [PDF] Click here to download the 5 Essentials for a High Quality Development Plan handout. [PDF] Whether you work in the public sector, private sector, academia, or are an entrepreneur, you have to be at the top of your game to be successful! In order … Read More

Webinar: Confessions of a Millennial in the Federal Government

Chris Webinar

  Click here to watch the recording. Click here to download the handout. [PDF] People tend to think selfies, Snapchat, Instagram, instant promotion expectations, constant need for feedback and immediacy when they think about millennials. There might be some research out there that supports some of those views. However, we also know that technology is having a big impact on … Read More

Futureproof Your Agency: Skills as the New Currency

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. Click here to download the handout. [PDF] Developing new knowledge, new skills and new abilities is critical to futureproofing your agency’s evolving talent needs. According to Bersin by Deloitte, only 33% of millennials believe their organizations are using their skills well, and 42% say they are likely to leave because they are not learning … Read More

TOC (Feed)Back to the Future

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. Click here to download the handout. [PDF] What does our past tell us about our future? Inspired by this yearā€™s TOC theme, ā€œLearning from Our Past, Leading into Your Future,ā€ we can look back at over 10-years of evaluation practices, and feedback data, from TOCā€™s own professional development and training programs ā€“ monthly luncheons, … Read More

Handling Prickly People with Care

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. Click here to download the handout. [PDF] We all encounter Prickly People – those thorny individuals whose irritating, exasperating, enraging, tiresome behaviors can wreak havoc destroying productivity and peace of mind.Ā  This session presents various ā€˜prickly profilesā€™ (e.g., buzzer bees, back-attackers, etc.) and offers a few tips and tricks for empowering yourself to get … Read More

Are You A Ten? Learn the Habits that Make Top Performers 3x More Valuable and Ā½x as Stressed

Chris Professional Development Program, Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. What does it means to be a tenā€”to be rated as a top performer by your boss. We predicted top performers would be rated as more valuable than average performers, and wanted to measureĀ how muchĀ moreĀ valuable. We discovered top performers arenā€™t just a little bit more valuable.Ā Managers say tens are three times more valuable than … Read More

Getting Ready for the Annual Institute: What Is a Tweet on Twitter?

Chris Webinar

Click here to watch the recording. An understanding of theĀ dosĀ andĀ donā€™tsĀ of using social media at work is essential to every employee in every organization. An organizationā€™s public image and reputation depend on how well it guides its employees to exercise good judgment when using social media, and on its ability to navigate the difficult situations that arise from social media interactions. … Read More